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• Fact check: Biden falsely credits tax that took effect in 2023 for deficit reduction in 2021 and 2022

  16-03-2023 23:59 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden falsely said on Wednesday that his new corporate minimum tax is the reason the federal budget deficit declined in 2021 and 2022. In reality, that tax didn't even come into effect until the beginning of 2023.
  
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• US airplane near misses keep coming. Officials want to avert 'catastrophic' incidents

  16-03-2023 23:57 via cnn.com
  
  The skies have been turbulent over the United States in 2023 -- and not just because of rogue balloons.
  
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• Ryan Reynolds' Mint Mobile sale to T-Mobile earns actor over $300m

  16-03-2023 23:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  He is forecast to earn $300m from a telecom sale, cementing his status as a Hollywood business icon.
  
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• Australia the second thirstiest country for bottled water despite paying the highest prices

  16-03-2023 23:54 via theguardian.com
  
  New UN report finds the average Australian spent $580 buying 504L of bottled water in 2021Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia has the most expensive bottled water on the planet but that hasn’t curbed consumer thirst for something people can basically get for free.On average, Australians each spent about $580 buying 504 litres of bottled water in 2021, a new UN report shows.Sign up for G
  
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• Biden administration sides with climate lawsuit against fossil fuel companies

  16-03-2023 23:52 via theguardian.com
  
  DoJ brief argues Colorado case against energy giants ExxonMobil and Suncor should be heard in state court instead of federalThe US Department of Justice filed a legal brief Thursday in support of local governments in Colorado that are part of a growing wave of local and state governments pursuing climate litigation against fossil fuel companies.In the brief, the DoJ argued that the Colorado case against the Canadian energy giant Suncor should be heard in state court, which is considered more fav
  
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• English professor in Florida says university terminated his contract after a complaint over his racial justice unit

  16-03-2023 23:38 via cnn.com
  
  A former English professor at Florida's Palm Beach Atlantic University says the school terminated his contract early after a complaint that he was "indoctrinating" students by teaching about racial justice.
  
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• Poland becomes first to supply fighter jets to Ukraine

  16-03-2023 23:26 via cnn.com
  
  Poland is set to provide Ukraine with four MiG-29 fighter jets in the coming days, Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Thursday, becoming the first NATO country to do so.
  
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• Billionaire Peter Thiel claims he has $50m of his own money stuck in SVB fall

  16-03-2023 23:24 via theguardian.com
  
  In the wake of the bank’s crisis, venture capitalists have been trading accusations over who is responsible for the collapseFacing heat for his investment fund’s role in triggering the run on the Silicon Valley Bank last week, billionaire Peter Thiel told the Financial Times that he had $50m of his own money “stuck” in the bank when it collapsed.Even as Thiel’s Founders Fund was advising companies to move their money from the bank, a decision that has been widely bl
  
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• No foul play evident in death of soldier who alleged sexual harassment: Army

  16-03-2023 23:21 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Fort Hood is investigating the death of 21-year-old Pvt. Ana Basalduaruiz, who told her family she was being sexually harassed by a superior last month.
  
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• Virginia hospital staff charged with murder

  16-03-2023 23:17 via cnn.com
  
  Three hospital employees in Virginia were arrested Thursday and charged with second-degree murder in the law enforcement custody death of Irvo Otieno, the Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney for Dinwiddie County said in a news release Thursday obtained by CNN affiliate WTVR.
  
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• OpenAI CEO says AI will reshape society, acknowledges risks

  16-03-2023 22:57 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The CEO behind the company that created ChatGPT believes artificial intelligence will reshape society as we know it, but admits there are extraordinary risks.
  
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• What China’s baby woes mean for its economic ambitions

  16-03-2023 22:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The country's ageing population and shrinking workforce are a threat to its economic growth.
  
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• Big banks create $30B rescue package for First Republic

  16-03-2023 22:48 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Eleven of the biggest banks in the country announced a $30 billion rescue package for First Republic Bank on Thursday, in an effort to stop the California-based bank from becoming the third bank to fail in less than a week
  
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• Doctor explains 'alarming' new CDC report

  16-03-2023 22:47 via cnn.com
  
  Deputy Dean of Public Health at Brown University Dr. Megan Ranney breaks down a new CDC report that shows that the nation's maternal death rate rose significantly in 2021, with the rates among Black women more than twice as high as those of White women.
  
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• Ford recalling over 1 million cars over brake hose issue

  16-03-2023 22:44 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Ford announced it's recalling certain 2013-2018 Fusion and Lincoln MKZ vehicles because some front brake hoses may rupture and leak brake fluid.
  
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• WATCH: Giant pandas at Moscow Zoo celebrate Panda Day

  16-03-2023 22:24 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The Moscow Zoo prepared special treats for its giant pandas to celebrate Panda Day, though they seemed to prefer their usual meal of bamboo shoots.
  
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• UK mounted police chase down man holding mobile phone while driving

  16-03-2023 22:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Officers on horseback deployed to reduce use of phones by motorist; driver faces £200 fine and six points on licenceTwo mounted police officers have chased down a man spotted holding his mobile phone while driving.Officers on horses have been deployed across the UK in order to reduce the number of people using a phone while at the wheel. Avon and Somerset police are involved in the enforcement operation led by the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) over the next three weeks. Cont
  
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• Prosecutor: Some of the 6 missing women in Mexico found dead

  16-03-2023 22:24 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A prosecutor in Mexico says there is evidence that some of the six women who went missing on March 7 have been found dead
  
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• Taylor Swift will unveil four previously unreleased songs ahead of Eras Tour debut

  16-03-2023 22:09 via cnn.com
  
  Time has not run out on Taylor Swift's "Midnights" era.
  
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• Whoopi Goldberg apologizes for using Romani slur on ABC’s The View

  16-03-2023 21:51 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘I’m really, really sorry,’ the actor said, a year after she was suspended from show for saying the Holocaust ‘isn’t about race’Whoopi Goldberg has issued an apology following her use of a racial slur during an episode of ABC’s The View.On Wednesday, Goldberg used a derogatory term associated with Romani people while discussing former president Donald Trump, saying that his supporters are “people who still believe that he got gypped somehow in the
  
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• WATCH: Irish band plays for passengers on flight from Dublin to New York

  16-03-2023 21:47 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A band from County Armagh, Northern Ireland, put on an impromptu performance for passengers as they wait to deplane.
  
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• US banks launch $30bn rescue of First Republic to stem spiraling crisis

  16-03-2023 21:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan agree to prop up troubled bank after its shares tumbled amid wider turmoilWall Street’s giants moved to end the US’s spiraling banking crisis on Thursday by agreeing to prop up troubled First Republic, a mid-sized bank whose shares have been pummeled amid a wider banking turmoil.Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and others will deposit $30bn in First Republic, which has seen customers yank their money following the collapse of Silicon
  
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• Oklahoman pleads guilty to killing 3, cutting heart from one

  16-03-2023 21:42 via abcnews.go.com
  
  An Oklahoma man has pleaded guilty to killing three people, including a woman whose heart was cut from her body, weeks after being released from prison
  
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• MPs and peers ask information commissioner to investigate TikTok

  16-03-2023 21:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Letter argues that Chinese-owned video-sharing app could be in breach of UK lawA cross-party group of MPs and peers have asked the information commissioner to investigate whether the Chinese-owned TikTok’s handling of personal information is in breach of UK law.The letter from the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) argues that TikTok cannot be compliant with data protection rules – and comes just hours after the UK announced a ban on the popular video-sharing app appearing
  
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• Freed from Nicaraguan prison, he now urges Biden admin to protect migrants like him

  16-03-2023 21:26 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The release of Nicaraguan prisoners has reignited calls from advocates for the Biden administration to extend Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for Nicaraguans
  
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• Planes in Florida close call were cleared to use same runway

  16-03-2023 21:15 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Federal investigators say an air traffic controller cleared one plane to land and another to take off from the same runway in Florida last month
  
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• Dozens of Mar-a-Lago staff, from servers to aides, are subpoenaed in classified documents probe

  16-03-2023 21:10 via cnn.com
  
  At least two dozen people -- from Mar-a-Lago resort staff to members of Donald Trump's inner circle at the Florida estate -- have been subpoenaed to testify to a federal grand jury that's investigating the former president's handling of classified documents, multiple sources familiar with the investigation told CNN.
  
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• Dozens of Mar-a-Lago staff are subpoenaed in classified documents probe

  16-03-2023 21:10 via cnn.com
  
  At least two dozen people -- from Mar-a-Lago resort staff to members of Donald Trump's inner circle at the Florida estate -- have been subpoenaed to testify to a federal grand jury that's investigating the former president's handling of classified documents, multiple sources familiar with the investigation told CNN.
  
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• Two trains derail in Washington and Arizona amid rising rail safety concerns

  16-03-2023 21:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Cause of the incidents remains unknown even as teams head to Washington state to clean spilled diesel on tribal landTwo BNSF trains derailed in separate incidents in Arizona and Washington state on Thursday, with the latter spilling diesel fuel on tribal land along Puget Sound.There were no injuries reported. It was not clear what caused either derailment. Continue reading...
  
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• Republican state senator says he's never met a hungry person in Minnesota

  16-03-2023 21:03 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A GOP lawmaker objected to a bill ensuring lunch for all students in Minnesota.
  
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• SpaceX's Starlink devices found in illegal mining sites in the Amazon

  16-03-2023 21:01 via cnn.com
  
  Five Starlink internet devices were found in illegal mining sites in the Amazon during raids by Brazil's environmental police on Tuesday, the environmental agency said.
  
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• Janet Yellen says ‘serious risk of contagion’ prompted intervention in banking crisis – as it happened

  16-03-2023 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Senate finance committee holds hearing on bank’s collapse and the role relaxing banking regulations had in the crisisSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailEd Helmore reports on a startling story from Politico, to which 12 former staffers for Marianne Williamson described a campaign atmosphere starkly at odds with the bestselling author and Democratic presidential hopeful’s famous promise to ‘harness love for political purposes’…Less than
  
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• Remains of an ancient glacier spotted on Mars

  16-03-2023 20:58 via cnn.com
  
  The remains of a glacier have been found near the Martian equator, suggesting that some form of water could still exist in a region on the red planet where humans may one day land.
  
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• Yellen grilled by senators on bank failures, government response

  16-03-2023 20:53 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Yellen testified after back-to-back bank failures.
  
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• Poland to be 1st NATO member to give Ukraine fighter jets

  16-03-2023 20:47 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Poland’s president says his country plans to give Ukraine around a dozen MiG-29 fighter jets
  
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• New Hampshire Senate passes GOP-backed parents' rights bill

  16-03-2023 20:44 via abcnews.go.com
  
  New Hampshire has moved closer to adopting “parents’ bill of rights” legislation
  
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• Met police on ‘last chance’ as Casey report to condemn failure to change

  16-03-2023 20:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: findingsof official review due out on Tuesday described as ‘horrible’ and ‘atrocious’ for forceThe Metropolitan police service is riddled with deep-seated racism, sexism and homophobia and has failed to change despite numerous official reviews urging it to do so, an official report will say.The report from Louise Casey, which is due to be published on Tuesday, will excoriate Britain’s biggest police force, the Guardian has been told. Senior government and
  
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• Health unions hail victory after government’s new pay offer for NHS staff in England

  16-03-2023 20:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Offer includes two one-off payments – 2% bonus and 4% Covid payment – plus pay rise of about 5%Health unions hailed a historic victory on Thursday, after Steve Barclay made a significant new pay offer aimed at ending NHS strikes in England, in a climbdown that could embolden other unions at loggerheads with the government.After months of rolling strikes involving thousands of NHS workers including nurses, ambulance staff and physiotherapists, the government ditched its claim that thi
  
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• Protests erupt as French government forces through higher retirement age

  16-03-2023 20:24 via cnn.com
  
  The French government has triggered special constitutional powers to push through controversial pension reforms, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced Thursday.
  
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• French government forces through higher retirement age, sparking fresh protests

  16-03-2023 20:24 via cnn.com
  
  The French government has triggered special constitutional powers to push through controversial pension reforms, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced Thursday.
  
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• Senate advances bill repealing two Iraq war power acts. The move would mark a formal conclusion to the conflicts

  16-03-2023 20:21 via cnn.com
  
  The Senate voted Thursday to advance a bill repealing two Iraq war power acts as lawmakers work to reassert their authority in military intervention abroad.
  
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• Battle for Bakhmut cuts Wagner's leader down to size

  16-03-2023 20:04 via cnn.com
  
  • Putin could stand trial for alleged war crimes: ICC chief prosecutor
  
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• Analysis: Battle for Bakhmut cuts Wagner's leader down to size

  16-03-2023 20:04 via cnn.com
  
  Yevgeny Prigozhin, the combative boss of Russia's Wagner private military group, relishes his role as an anti-establishment maverick, but signs are growing that the Moscow establishment now has him pinned down and gasping for breath.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war: UN says Russia has committed ‘wide range’ of war crimes; Poland to transfer four MIG-29 planes to Ukraine – as it happened

  16-03-2023 20:01 via theguardian.com
  
  War crimes in Ukraine include wilful killings, systematic torture and deportation of children, says UN report; Polish president says handover to come within daysRussia-Ukraine war at a glanceSuspilne correspondents are reporting that explosions have been heard in Kherson this morning.Oleh Synyehubov, governor of Kharkiv, reports that the Russian military destroyed and damaged private houses and infrastructure facilities in two settlements in the Kharkiv region overnight. The claim has not been i
  
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• Jeremy Hunt battling to justify pensions giveaway to the top 1%

  16-03-2023 19:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Move will have no impact on NHS retention of doctors, say economic thinktanksBudget 2023: key points at a glanceWhat the budget means for people on a range of incomesJeremy Hunt is battling to justify his budget pensions giveaway to the 1% after two leading economic thinktanks warned it could have no impact on NHS retention while opening up a vast new loophole for tax avoidance.The Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Resolution Foundation both said it was doubtful the £1bn tax break would
  
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• Ben Affleck addresses his 'mischaracterized' remarks about Jennifer Garner and that Grammys moment

  16-03-2023 19:50 via cnn.com
  
  Ben Affleck is clearing a few things up.
  
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• Lib Dems to target Labour voters in ‘blue wall’ swing seats, says Ed Davey

  16-03-2023 19:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Party leader hopes letter campaign in commuter belt areas can tempt voters to switch in order to beat Tories The Liberal Democrats will directly court Labour voters in “blue wall” swing seats to try to build a critical mass of tactical voting in advance of the next election, Ed Davey has said before the party’s first in-person conference since 2019.The planned campaign of letters in Conservative-held commuter belt constituencies where the Lib Dems are the main challengers will
  
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• 14-year-old boy arrested in Mexico for murder of 8

  16-03-2023 19:48 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Mexican authorities have arrested a 14-year-old boy nicknamed “El Chapito” for the contract killing of eight people near Mexico City
  
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• Video shows moment Russian fighter jet hits US drone over Black Sea

  16-03-2023 19:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US footage shows the jet apparently dumping fuel as it makes two close passes with the drone.
  
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• Seeking Alzheimer's clues from few who escape genetic fate

  16-03-2023 19:41 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Scientists are digging into why a few people escape the rarest form of Alzheimer's, which is inherited and strikes young
  
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